Columbus >> The Lake Catholic wrestling team breezed to an easy victory in the first round of the Division II state dual meet tournament on Feb. 11 at St. John Arena.

The Cougars, the second-ranked team in the tournament, blasted seventh-seeded Fairfield Union, 63-15, to set up a semifinal match at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of third-seeded Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary and sixth-seeded Hamilton Ross. The winner of that match will meet the winner of top-seeded Wauseon and fourth-seeded Canfield.

The championship match, should Lake Catholic advance that far, is at 7:30 p.m.

Lake Catholic had a 30-0 lead before Fairfield Union got on the board, with pins by Nick Coreno (106), Hunter Ryan (120), Tommy Frazier (126) and Conor McCrone (132), sandwiched around a forfeit win at 113 by Anthony Trivisonno.

If Lake Catholic does face Akron SVSM next, the Cougars go in knowing they defeated the Irish, 39-30, at the Jimmy Cook/Steve Gallioto Duals in January. Lake was without Dakota Ryan that day, while SVSM was missing David Johnson.